Chapter 146

Brandon’s gaze brought Sophia to a screeching halt, leaving her feeling awkward as all get out.

She had bolted over to the hall the second she hopped out of the cab.

The second she stepped into the hall, she was greeted with a massive, fire-engine red banner screaming “A Warm Celebration of Star Dempsey Architects’ Grand Opening!” and the buzz of a party in full swing in the reception area.

In that moment, a wave of cold feet washed over her as she got closer to home turf.

The timing of her card drop was kinda iffy.

While she was on the fence about whether to crash the party or not, Brandon caught sight of her, and those piercing peepers of his threw her for a loop.

Brandon’s deep, cold gaze was like a riddle wrapped in an enigma-she couldn’t make heads or tails of it.

The courage she had mustered up was slowly but surely deflating under his intense stare.

Suddenly, she was second-guessing whether she had shown up at an inopportune time.

Don also spotted her and flashed a grin that had a hint of surprise when he did.

Sophia couldn’t help but return the smile before her eyes drifted back to Brandon.

Brandon was still in the same pose, the same intense, cold stare, just standing there, motionless across the crowd, giving her the eye.

People at the venue started to pick up on Brandon’s unusual stare, craning their necks to sneak a peek at Sophia.

domino effect of head turns sparked even more curiosity.

heads turned to look towards the entrance.

with all eyes on her.

better wait

off the stage, striding through

room went bananas.

by the sudden turn of events, their heads swiveling towards Brandon

he suddenly reached out, grabbed her arm, and spun

face a

voice as

the public area’s couch. “I was just gonna wait over there

not softening one bit as he kept his eyes locked on

under

then suddenly stepped forward, his hand snaking around her neck, pulling her into

Sophia fell silent.

erupted with surprise

of the door were gobsmacked, their jaws dropping.

couldn’t see were antsy and confused, craning their necks, trying to catch a

and, along with her new colleagues, was seated right at the front, totally oblivious to the drama unfolding outside. She only saw Brandon ditch the mic and dart off the stage, followed by

she asked, pulling a colleague towards her

pulled Sophia into a kiss, slamming the reception hall’s doors shut to shield the untimely

the chatter back to the opening ceremony. “Now, let’s give a big hand to our designers, a young and vibrant team with tons of

their neighbors, trying to get the skinny on what had

the room’s gossip mill working overtime, coughed pointedly into

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